Re: gas tax in perspective
Author: h
Date: 06-22-2022 - 16:13
Commenter Wrote:
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> The California gas tax will rise on July 1 to 53.9
> US cents per gallon after an inflation
> adjustment.
>
> The US federal gas tax is 18.3 US cents per
> gallon. It is not adjusted for inflation and
> hasn't changed in over two decades.
>
> This totals 72.2 US cents per gallon. Just to put
> this in perspective we must note the taxes
> elsewhere:
>
> All are in US cents per gallon and are tax only.
>
> United Kingdom: $3.35
> Turkey: $3.33
> Italy: $3.18
> Israel: $3.04
> Switzerland: $2.99
> Finland: $2.98
> Greece: $2.93
> Germany: $2.86
> Norway: $2.84
> Sweden: $2.73
> France: $2.73
> Portugal: $2.69
> Belgium: $2.69
> Denmark: $2.65
> Ireland: $2.57
> Korea: $2.56
> Slovenia: $2.38
> Iceland: $2.26
> Austria: $2.25
> Slovak Republic: $2.25
> Czech Republic: $2.06
> Luxembourg: $2.02
> Spain: $1.99
> Estonia: $1.85
> New Zealand: $1.82
> Japan: $1.81
>
> At the federal level we have to top up the highway
> fund from the general fund because there is not
> enough tax coming in from user fees:gas/diesel
> tax, weight fees, registration fees, etc.
> C'est la vie.
I'm a RWNJ. Don't even try to give me actual facts!